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  • A Cycling Stroll With a Group

    A Cycling Stroll With a Group

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesThere is a subconscious desire for a lot of cyclists, especially on group rides, to speed up and challenge each other. There is the urge to go as fast as possible on every ride, to leave people in the dust. There is the urge to light up Strava with personal records. For…

  • Wake Up and Run Before the Sunrise in Nyon

    Wake Up and Run Before the Sunrise in Nyon

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesThis morning I got up at 4am to go for a run with strangers in Nyon. The meeting time was 05:10 and the run/jog/walk began at 05:30. Before the run Activ Fitness gave us a warm up workout that I followed half-heartedly. I had already walked 3km so my body was warm.…

  • CoffeeB Compost

    CoffeeB Compost

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesFor several weeks I have been using CoffeeB capsules to prepare coffee in an environmentally more friendly manner. In the process I used an old ice cream box made from cardboard to store the punctured balls of seaweed coffee. It doesn’t smell at all, so you can keep it in your kitchen…

  • CoffeeB – No Plastic, No Aluminium

    CoffeeB – No Plastic, No Aluminium

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesI have played with Dolce Gusto machines and Nespresso machines and both of them have the same flaw. They’re quick and convenient when you’re preparing coffee but less convenient when you need to get rid of the capsules. With Nespresso getting rid of the aluminium capsules is easy, once you have a…

  • Cold Brew – A 24 Hour experiment

    Cold Brew – A 24 Hour experiment

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesI have been reading and watching videos about coffee brewing. In the process I kept seeing cold brew coffee come up again and again and it made me curious to try.  When listening to podcasts about thru-hiking I heard people speak about cold soaking food, rather than cooking it. The idea is…

  • Learning to Prepare an Americano In A Sigg Miracle

    Learning to Prepare an Americano In A Sigg Miracle

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesI love drinking espresso and preparing them but there is one big drawback. You drink them within a single sip and the pleasure of drinking coffee is over to soon. That’s where a quick google search provides the answer. An Americano is either two nespresso capsules of coffee poured into a mug…